Their stiff, pointed wings are quite strong enough to lift their heavy bodies off the ground or water into the air, and keep up an even flight, often more rapid than the swiftest express train." "What do Wild Ducks eat ?" asked Dodo, "seeds or bugs or fish ?" "They eat all those things and many others too, according to their various habits, which are as different as the expression of their faces or the color of their features.

If you look at a case full of Wild Ducks in a museum, you will find that no two have the same-shaped head, or expression.

Some look silly, some sly, while others seem either proud or inquisitive." "How strange!" said Rap.

"I never thought about Ducks' faces, except that they all looked foolish, with little pig-eyes and big beaks like shovels.

And please, do they chew their food with the teeth you said they had ?" "Those are not true teeth, like ours, to chew with.